The Lone Ranger (serial)
| The Lone Ranger | |
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Poster for Chapter 13 of The Lone Ranger | |
| Directed by | William Witney and John English |
| Screenplay by | Barry Shipman George Worthing Yates Franklyn Adreon Ronald Davidson Lois Eby |
| Based on | the radio serial The Lone Ranger, by Fran Striker |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel (associate producer) |
| Starring | The Lone Ranger A Man of Mystery Silver — by Silver Chief Tonto—Chief Thunder-Cloud |
| Cinematography | William Nobles |
| Edited by | Helene Turner Edward Todd |
| Music by | Alberto Colombo (musical director) |
| Distributed by | A Republic Production |
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Running time | 15 chapters (264 minutes) (serial) 69 minutes (feature) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $160,315 (negative cost: $168,117) or $285,000 |
| Box office | $1,150,000 |
The Lone Ranger is a 1938 American Republic Pictures movie serial based on The Lone Ranger radio program. It was the ninth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic, the fourth Western (a third of Republic's serials were Westerns) and the first Republic serial release of 1938. The following year a sequel serial The Lone Ranger Rides Again was released. The fifteen chapters of the serial were condensed into the film Hi-Yo Silver, which was released in 1940.